Triopas of Thessaly

Triopas of Thessaly was King of Thessaly during the 13th century BC. The son of Poseidon and Canace, he was the brother of Aloeus, Epopeus, Hopleus, and Nireus and the father of Iphimedeia, Phorbas, and Erysichthon. He destroyed a temple of Demeter in order to acquire roofing materials for his own house, and he was punished with insatiable hunger and an illness. In 1250 BC, he was the last Greek ruler to challenge King Agamemnon of Mycenae as the latter forced the other Greek states to join a loose alliance, and, after his champion Boagrius was slain in battle with Agamemnon's champion Achilles, Triopas was forced to join the alliance. Triopion in Caria was named in his honor.